COLUMBUS — The Edmonton Oilers will have both their top guns available against the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night.

Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle are expected to be in the lineup, despite suffering injuries in the last week.

Hall injured his hamstring in St. Louis, which forced him to miss the Oilers (8-9-4) encounter against the Minnesota Wild Sunday, while Eberle took a puck off the hand, which threatened his availability against the Blue Jackets (6-12-4).

“I was happy with how it felt on the ice and hopefully it holds up,” said Hall following the team’s morning skate. “The medical staff left it up to me and I felt I was comfortable enough to play. There was the option of missing this game and coming back the next. But I felt good enough out there where I felt I’d be cheating myself if I didn’t play.”

Hall missed the first game of the Oilers nine-game road trip, serving the second game of suspension for a hit on Wild winger Cal Clutterbuck. He returned to take on the Dallas Stars Thursday, then was injured the following day against the Blues.

“I wouldn’t be back if I was worried about re-injuring it,” Hall said. “It’s something that you have to take care of. In a season like this, you’re going to have little injuries that you have to take care of, and as we close out this trip I’m going to have to manage. This is a little bump in the road and hopefully it doesn’t become a nagging injury.”

Eberle, meanwhile, took a shot off the hand and skipped practice Monday. He was back on the ice Tuesday morning and felt he was able to grip his stick well enough to play.

“I felt great, I’m ready to go,” Eberle said. “It was early in the second, I got a shot off the hand and it bruised a bit.

“After seeing it initially, I thought maybe I wouldn’t be able to play, but it’s amazing how quickly things can heal. And it’s just a pain and tolerance thing. I felt great on the ice, and hopefully tonight it feels even better.”

With both Hall and Eberle available, Oilers head coach Ralph Krueger has flexibility when it comes to his lineup.

Hall is expected to play with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ales Hemsky on the Oilers top line, while Eberle will skate with Sam Gagner and Magnus Paajarvi.

Newest Oilers winger Mike Brown will make his team debut alongside Ben Eager and Ryan Smyth, who will make the move to centre. Eric Belanger, meanwhile, will play between Nail Yakupov and Ryan Jones, while Devan Dubnyk gets the start in goal.

“We’re really, really being careful with (Hall’s injury),” said Krueger. “He went through certain tests today and this is the type of injury which is more restrictive off the ice than on the ice. There are a lot of injuries that are like that in hockey, where when you get on the ice, it feels better than off. He did all the testing and we don’t think there a chance of getting worse by him being in the lineup tonight.”

COLUMBUS — The Edmonton Oilers will have both their top guns available against the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night.

Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle are expected to be in the lineup, despite suffering injuries in the last week.

Hall injured his hamstring in St. Louis, which forced him to miss the Oilers (8-9-4) encounter against the Minnesota Wild (11-8-2) Sunday, while Eberle took a puck off the hand, which threatened his availability against the Blue Jackets.